DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 07/03 Hampshire_IL 889ft pt37818@42.147,-88.420,844ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.1 degF SPONSORED BY: ChicagoLand Glider Council RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 12Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0953z - - 1001z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 86.2 - - 89.3 - - 84.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 156 - - 93 - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3204 - - 4519 - - 682 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2746 - - 3427 - - 922 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4093 - - 5408 - - 1571 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2860 - - 2091 - - 4603 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 342 - - 329 - - 75 W* B/S - - - - - - 7 - - 4 - - 2 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 9 - - 14 - - 9 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 231 - - 214 - - 216 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 7 - - 9 - - 4 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -6 - - -7 - - -3 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 428 - - 949 - - -848 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3665 - - 4459 - - 2419 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -907 - - -379 - - -2890 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 5000 - - 5787 - - 4461 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 83 - - 80 - - 81 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 2770 - - 3250 - - 4280 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 86.2 - - 89.3 - - 84.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 72.9 - - 72.6 - - 76.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 85.3 - - 88.8 - - 84.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 71.6 - - 71.5 - - 75.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 156 - - 93 - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3204 - - 4519 - - 682 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 33 - - 18 - - 25 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 16 - - 16 - - 19 EXPERIMENT2 PROFILES OF WIND SPEED [kt] AND DIRECTION [degTrue] ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- Height 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z [ft] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ft] 99505 32 089 30 087 27 076 99505 91946 29 096 25 094 23 063 91946 86124 29 096 21 104 21 072 86124 81302 20 077 22 091 18 082 81302 77163 14 054 21 073 15 092 77163 73519 9 070 14 058 13 088 73519 70226 6 103 8 033 11 054 70226 67198 4 123 4 021 8 028 67198 64382 2 104 2 097 5 040 64382 61654 2 342 4 115 3 124 61654 58829 6 273 3 302 1 234 58829 55937 22 216 29 242 24 251 55937 53215 21 207 30 225 28 228 53215 50777 19 240 23 232 21 233 50777 48596 30 240 32 245 41 251 48596 46632 42 245 42 243 49 244 46632 44840 42 239 44 244 47 242 44840 43180 37 247 41 236 46 247 43180 41623 35 264 39 235 46 250 41623 40149 31 249 38 235 43 245 40149 38749 29 233 39 238 42 243 38749 37386 30 235 39 236 44 247 37386 35995 34 236 38 234 47 251 35995 34549 36 234 39 239 43 249 34549 33053 35 237 37 244 37 252 33053 31489 33 240 34 246 35 252 31489 29846 31 239 33 243 31 243 29846 28123 32 240 32 242 29 235 28123 26321 33 251 32 245 28 239 26321 24445 35 256 31 247 27 245 24445 22501 38 252 31 247 22 248 22501 20482 38 246 32 246 20 265 20482 18382 37 243 31 249 24 277 18382 16242 35 241 29 250 22 268 16242 14179 32 242 30 249 22 253 14179 12300 28 244 29 244 23 243 12300 10629 26 244 26 246 21 245 10629 9141 24 240 24 245 23 242 9141 7815 22 236 23 237 25 236 7815 6637 21 242 22 230 24 228 6637 5590 18 248 21*226 22 225 5590 4664 16*248 18*220 20 226 4664 3844 13*241 16 216 18 228 3844 3109 10 234 14 213 17 229 3109 2459 9 229 14 212 15 227 2459 1916 8 228 13 211 13*222 1916 1500 8 227 12 210 10*218 1500 1213 7 226 12 210 9 216 1213 1039 7 226 11 209 8 216 1039 939 6 224 9 209 6 215 939 PARAMETER KEY: (basic parameter information is provided at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/basic_parameters.html) (more complete parameter descriptions are at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/RUC/INFO/parameters.html) (additional help is at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/index.html, e.g. "For NEW USERS" section) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time = UTC Time of BLIPSPOT calculation FCST PERIOD = Hours from model initialization time Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] Hcrit = Height of Critical Updraft Strength [ftMSL] BL Top = Height of Boundary Layer Top (TI=0 height) [ftMSL] Hgt.Variab = Thermal Height Variability (difference between TI=+4{F} & TI=0 Heights) [ft] W* = Thermal Updraft Velocity (subtract glider sink rate to get vario) [fpm] B/S = Buoyancy/Shear Ratio (thermals may be unworkable if 5 or less) BL Wind = Wind Speed averaged through BL [kt] Direction = Wind Direction averaged through BL [degTrue] Max.Converg = Max. Vertical Velocity created by BL Convergence [x10^-2 kt] (note: BLIPMAPs provide better evaluation since convergence lines are usually mobile CLOUDpotent = Expect clouds at or above sfcLCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & sfcLCL) [ft] sfcLCL = Base of Lowest Clouds, if CLOUDpotent>0 (LCL = Lifting Condensation Level based upon sfc. humidity) [ftMSL] ODpotential = Expect extensive clouds at blCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & blCL) [ft] bLCL = Base of Extensive Clouds, if ODpotential>0 (bl CL = Condensation Level based upon BL humidity) [ftMSL] maxRH = Maximum Relative Humidity in BL [%] CAPE = Convective Available Potential Energy [J/kg] Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] DewPt@2m = Dew Point Temp. at 2m AGL [F] Temp@Bot = Temperature at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) DewPt@Bot = Dew Point Temp. at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] EXPERIMENT = Mystery variable for test purposes (intended for DrJack's use) * = Indicates BL Top (TI=0 Height) on profiles Note: printed heights are for 18Z - heights for other times differ slightly Results neglect thermals created by small-scale features not resolved by the smoothed model topography